Two missing after boat capsizes

Two men are missing after a boat carrying six people capsized in the dark on the River Thames in Surrey.

Four other people were rescued after the boat overturned near Shepperton at 1930 GMT on Sunday. They were taken to hospital in Chertsey.

Police divers have been called in to help search for the missing men, who are aged 66 and 70.

There have so far been no signs of them, despite extensive searches and the use of a police helicopter.

The boat was ferrying passengers from a house on Pharoah’s Island.

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